Tuesday, October 22 | St. Andrew's Anglican Church

Psalm 26

¹Vindicate me, O Lord,
    for I have walked in my integrity,
    and I have trusted in the Lord without wavering.
²Prove me, O Lord, and try me;
    test my heart and my mind.
³For your steadfast love is before my eyes,
    and I walk in your faithfulness.
⁴I do not sit with men of falsehood,
    nor do I consort with hypocrites.
⁵I hate the assembly of evildoers,
    and I will not sit with the wicked.
⁶I wash my hands in innocence
    and go around your altar, O Lord,
⁷proclaiming thanksgiving aloud,
    and telling all your wondrous deeds.
⁸O Lord, I love the habitation of your house
    and the place where your glory dwells.
⁹Do not sweep my soul away with sinners,
    nor my life with bloodthirsty men,
¹⁰in whose hands are evil devices,
    and whose right hands are full of bribes.
¹¹But as for me, I shall walk in my integrity;
    redeem me, and be gracious to me.
¹²My foot stands on level ground;
    in the great assembly I will bless the Lord.

Psalm 28

¹To you, O Lord, I call;
    my rock, be not deaf to me,
    lest, if you be silent to me,
    I become like those who go down to the pit.
²Hear the voice of my pleas for mercy,
    when I cry to you for help,
    when I lift up my hands
    toward your most holy sanctuary.
³Do not drag me off with the wicked,
    with the workers of evil,
    who speak peace with their neighbors
    while evil is in their hearts.
⁴Give to them according to their work
    and according to the evil of their deeds;
    give to them according to the work of their hands;
    render them their due reward.
⁵Because they do not regard the works of the Lord
    or the work of his hands,
    he will tear them down and build them up no more.
⁶Blessed be the Lord!
    For he has heard the voice of my pleas for mercy.
⁷The Lord is my strength and my shield;
    in him my heart trusts, and I am helped;
    my heart exults,
    and with my song I give thanks to him.
⁸The Lord is the strength of his people;
    he is the saving refuge of his anointed.
⁹Oh, save your people and bless your heritage!
    Be their shepherd and carry them forever.

Psalm 36

¹Transgression speaks to the wicked
    deep in his heart;
    there is no fear of God
    before his eyes.
²For he flatters himself in his own eyes
    that his iniquity cannot be found out and hated.
³The words of his mouth are trouble and deceit;
    he has ceased to act wisely and do good.
⁴He plots trouble while on his bed;
    he sets himself in a way that is not good;
    he does not reject evil.
⁵Your steadfast love, O Lord, extends to the heavens,
    your faithfulness to the clouds.
⁶Your righteousness is like the mountains of God;
    your judgments are like the great deep;
    man and beast you save, O Lord.
⁷How precious is your steadfast love, O God!
    The children of mankind take refuge in the shadow of your wings.
⁸They feast on the abundance of your house,
    and you give them drink from the river of your delights.
⁹For with you is the fountain of life;
    in your light do we see light.
¹⁰Oh, continue your steadfast love to those who know you,
    and your righteousness to the upright of heart!
¹¹Let not the foot of arrogance come upon me,
    nor the hand of the wicked drive me away.
¹²There the evildoers lie fallen;
    they are thrust down, unable to rise.

Psalm 39

¹I said, “I will guard my ways,
    that I may not sin with my tongue;
    I will guard my mouth with a muzzle,
    so long as the wicked are in my presence.”
²I was mute and silent;
    I held my peace to no avail,
    and my distress grew worse.
³My heart became hot within me.
    As I mused, the fire burned;
    then I spoke with my tongue:
⁴“O Lord, make me know my end
    and what is the measure of my days;
    let me know how fleeting I am!
⁵Behold, you have made my days a few handbreadths,
    and my lifetime is as nothing before you.
    Surely all mankind stands as a mere breath!
⁶Surely a man goes about as a shadow!
    Surely for nothing they are in turmoil;
    man heaps up wealth and does not know who will gather!
⁷“And now, O Lord, for what do I wait?
    My hope is in you.
⁸Deliver me from all my transgressions.
    Do not make me the scorn of the fool!
⁹I am mute; I do not open my mouth,
    for it is you who have done it.
¹⁰Remove your stroke from me;
    I am spent by the hostility of your hand.
¹¹When you discipline a man
    with rebukes for sin,
    you consume like a moth what is dear to him;
    surely all mankind is a mere breath! Selah
¹²“Hear my prayer, O Lord,
    and give ear to my cry;
    hold not your peace at my tears!
    For I am a sojourner with you,
    a guest, like all my fathers.
¹³Look away from me, that I may smile again,
    before I depart and am no more!”

Revelations 7:9-17

⁹After this I looked, and behold, a great multitude that no one could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and languages, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, with palm branches in their hands, ¹⁰and crying out with a loud voice, “Salvation belongs to our God who sits on the throne, and to the Lamb!” ¹¹And all the angels were standing around the throne and around the elders and the four living creatures, and they fell on their faces before the throne and worshiped God, ¹²saying, “Amen! Blessing and glory and wisdom and thanksgiving and honor and power and might be to our God forever and ever! Amen.” ¹³Then one of the elders addressed me, saying, “Who are these, clothed in white robes, and from where have they come?” ¹⁴I said to him, “Sir, you know.” And he said to me, “These are the ones coming out of the great tribulation. They have washed their robes and made them white in the blood of the Lamb.
¹⁵“Therefore they are before the throne of God,
    and serve him day and night in his temple;
    and he who sits on the throne will shelter them with his presence.
¹⁶They shall hunger no more, neither thirst anymore;
    the sun shall not strike them,
    nor any scorching heat.
¹⁷For the Lamb in the midst of the throne will be their shepherd,
    and he will guide them to springs of living water,
    and God will wipe away every tear from their eyes.”

Luke 10:1-16

¹After this the Lord appointed seventy-two others and sent them on ahead of him, two by two, into every town and place where he himself was about to go. ²And he said to them, “The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray earnestly to the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into his harvest. ³Go your way; behold, I am sending you out as lambs in the midst of wolves. ⁴Carry no moneybag, no knapsack, no sandals, and greet no one on the road. ⁵Whatever house you enter, first say, ‘Peace be to this house!’ ⁶And if a son of peace is there, your peace will rest upon him. But if not, it will return to you. ⁷And remain in the same house, eating and drinking what they provide, for the laborer deserves his wages. Do not go from house to house. ⁸Whenever you enter a town and they receive you, eat what is set before you. ⁹Heal the sick in it and say to them, ‘The kingdom of God has come near to you.’ ¹⁰But whenever you enter a town and they do not receive you, go into its streets and say, ¹¹‘Even the dust of your town that clings to our feet we wipe off against you. Nevertheless know this, that the kingdom of God has come near.’ ¹²I tell you, it will be more bearable on that day for Sodom than for that town. ¹³“Woe to you, Chorazin! Woe to you, Bethsaida! For if the mighty works done in you had been done in Tyre and Sidon, they would have repented long ago, sitting in sackcloth and ashes. ¹⁴But it will be more bearable in the judgment for Tyre and Sidon than for you. ¹⁵And you, Capernaum, will you be exalted to heaven? You shall be brought down to Hades. ¹⁶“The one who hears you hears me, and the one who rejects you rejects me, and the one who rejects me rejects him who sent me.”